XXIV GLOSSAET. 



Thyrsoid; having a close-branched raceme of which the middle 



is broader than the ends. 

 Tommtose ; covered -with cottony entangled hairs, forming a 



matted shagginess called tomenttim ; felted. 

 Tondose; uneven, alternately elevated and depressed like a 



knotted cord. 

 Torus ; the part within the calyx to which the floral organs are 



attached. 

 Tramversely ; applied to forms like oval when attached by one 



of their longer sides. >^ 



Triangular ; with three angles and three flat faces. 

 Trichotomom ; in forks of three prongs. it, 



Trifarioits ; arranged in three rows. 

 Tiifid ; dividing about halfway down into three parts. 

 Trifurcate ; forked with three nearly equal prongs. 

 Trigonous ; with three angles and three convex faces. 

 Tripartite ; divided into three parts nearly to its base. 

 Triquetrous ; having three angles and three concave faces. 

 Truncate ; blunt as if cut off at the end. 

 Tube ; the pipe formed by the cohesion of the parts of a floral 



whorl. 

 Tuher ; a thickened undergroimd fleshy part of the stem. 

 Tubercles ; little round knobs. 

 Tubercular ; tuhercled ; covered with little knobs. 

 Tuberous ; like a tuber, but not part of the stem. 

 Tubular ; hollow and nearly cylindrical. 

 Tumid; swollen. 



Turbinate ; topshaped, conical and attached by its long point. 

 Two-edged ; compressed so as to have two sharp edges. 



Umbel ; when many stalked flowers spring from one point and 



reach about the same level. Partial umbels are umbels 



seated upon the branches of an umbel, when the whole 



forms a compound umbel. 

 Umbilicate ; peltate, but having the attached organ hollowed to 



receive the top of the stalk. 

 Unilateral ; turned to one side. 

 Upper part of a floral whorl ; that next the main axis of the 



stem ; posterior. 

 Urceolate ; like a pitcher contracted at the mouth. 

 Utricle ; a bladder-like covering as in Chenopodiacece, i. e. an 



aohene with a membranous pericarp. The envelope of 



the nut of C'arex. 



Valvate ; having valves or parts of an organ opening like little 

 doors ; or organs touching only along their edges. 



